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VIDEO: Heat vs. Pacers: Game 5
INDIANAPOLIS — We were ready to bury the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, and through the first 24 minutes of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, they were helping us dig the hole.
They couldn't take advantage of LeBron James' foul trouble, couldn't capitalize on an ugly first quarter from the Miami Heat. Their own second quarter was much more brutal, with more turnovers (seven) than made shots (five). They were dropping passes, throwing passes away, and even committing a rare double-dribble violation.
It was the Mr. Hyde side of the Pacers that we'd seen all too often in the last three months. And it was about to send them fishing in the figurative (rather than the literal) sense. The Heat had a rather mediocre first half offensively (42 points on 41 possessions) and still led by nine, with a rested James coming back for the second half.
But then he picked up his fourth foul just 81 seconds into the third quarter and his fifth with 8:34 on the clock. If was the first time in his career that he had been called for five fouls before the end of the third quarter. He sat for the next 10 minutes of game time.
And finally, the Pacers took advantage. Starting with the possession before James' fifth foul, they scored 42 points in a 12-minute span to turn a 10-point deficit into an 11-point lead. And they held on for a 93-90 victory to send the series back to Miami for Game 6 on Friday.
They attacked the basket, they attacked the glass, and they turned defense into offense. With James on the bench, Paul George turned into the two-way superstar he looked like at times in last year's conference finals.
Offensively, he took advantage of smaller defenders in the post and drained five 3-pointers. Defensively, without having to worry about defending James, he jumped into passing lanes and made the Miami offense look a lot like the Indiana offense has looked over the last few games.
Miami coach Erik Spoelstra's quote regarding the Pacers' defense could have been something Indiana coach Frank Vogel said about the Heat after Game 3 or 4.
"They stepped up their pressure, as you would anticipate they would in front of their crowd," Spoelstra said. "Once they got us into a couple of sloppy possessions, their energy picked up.
"We have to do a better job about it. We know that getting shots is one of the most important keys to the series for us."
While the Pacers committed just two turnovers in the second half, the Heat committed nine, with George turning four steals into three dunks.
"Forced turnovers get easy buckets," Vogel said. "Then half-court gets a little bit easier because you've seen the ball go in."
The ball went in a lot. After scoring just 35 points on their first 46 possessions of the game (76 per 100), the Pacers scored 58 on their last 39 (149 per 100), shooting 21-for-37 (57 percent) over the final 21 minutes.
Still, the game was tight in the final few. And down the stretch, George kept his team ahead by hitting three contested jumpers (one two and two 3s). James was back on the floor, but George had long ago found his rhythm.
"Coach told me, 'Green light. Stay on green,'" George said afterward. "[David] West kept telling me, 'Don't keep no bullets in the chamber.' So I really just came out firing. My teammates found me and I got hot."
He finished with 37 points, six rebounds and six steals, shooting 15-for-28. Thirty-one of the 37 came in the second half, and 21 of those came in the fourth quarter. Through the first four games of this series, the burden of defending the best player in the world and playing like a star offensively had been too much for George. And after Game 4, he was more concerned about the officiating than his five sloppy turnovers.
But with a little help from the whistles, George was free to spread his wings in Game 5.
"My message to the whole team was the light needs to be on green for all of us," Vogel said. "You need to go. You need to attack. You need to be aggressive. Paul took it and ran with it and took it to a crazy level."
Here's the thing: George played the best game of his life. James played 24 minutes and shot 2-for-10. Indiana had a 22-8 edge in free-throw attempts. And the Heat still had a chance to win on Chris Bosh's 3-point attempt with five seconds left.
It missed, the Pacers survived and are 3-0 when facing elimination in these playoffs. But the next one will be the toughest of the lot. They'll either need more from George, more from everybody else, or a little more luck with the whistles.
"We're going against history," George said, "but we can't feel like it can't be done."

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- Overall Length:8.25"
- Blade Length:3.50"
- Cutting Edge:2.875"
- Blade Thickness:0.13"
- Blade Material:154CM
- Blade Style:Drop Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Black
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:4.75"
- Handle Thickness:0.50"
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This custom Pro-Strider SnG has a splash tan camo anodized aluminum front scale, and a black finished back scale. It comes equipped with a black coated push button, titanium pocket clip, and hardware. The blade is 154CM stainless steel with a black finish.
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A Gothenburg student is one of 11 student-athletes at Southeast Community College who have earned Academic All-America awards from the National Junior College Athletic Association during the 2012-2013 seasons.
Roni Putnam of Gothenburg, a sophomore participating in women's softball, was an exemplary award winner for her grade point average of 3.76.
"I congratulate these student athletes and Storm athletic teams for their academic excellence," said Dan Johnson, Storm athletic director. "It can be challenging to juggle time in a sport and time studying. We're extremely proud of all of these students."


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In early June, just days after the 2012 legislative session ended, state Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell acknowledged that higher education leaders mostly struck out with the Legislature.
The state's higher education policy board, the Louisiana Board of Regents, couldn't get legislators to agree with them on a number of ideas, including bills that would have given them more control over how universities spend money, a bill authorizing them to charge students extra fees and a plan to merge LSU-Shreveport with Louisiana Tech University.
Purcell's takeaway was that colleges and universities were going to have to find ways to "reinvent" themselves until the regents could get another chance to lobby the Legislature next spring.
The need for a higher education makeover has manifested itself in efforts by the state's four public college systems to attract more students while also operating more efficiently.
So far, the LSU System has begun a top-to-bottom reorganization of its governing structure; the Southern University System has made strides to become leaner; the University of Louisiana System has started a first-of-its-kind effort in the state to bring college dropouts back into the fold; and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System has developed a program to attract and retain low-income students.
The changes have come about as schools struggle to cope with the $448 million stripped from them since 2008 as Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Legislature maneuvered to balance state budgets. (Jindal's spokesman, Kyle Plotkin, counters that the cuts are not that severe, because tuition increases partially filled the funding hole.)
Despite the disagreement, there's little doubt that Louisiana's public colleges are going through drastic changes.
LSU's flagship campus in Baton Rouge escaped layoffs and program cuts in 2012 thanks in part to a $5.5 million donation from the Athletic Department.
Additionally, the Athletic Department has agreed to transfer $7.2 million annually — $36 million over five years — to support university academics. The policy also includes a revenue-sharing component where the university would receive more money should the Athletic Department see a budget surplus.
The assist from the Athletic Department coincides with the LSU Board of Supervisors' plan to consolidate the system's four autonomous academic campuses, law school and agricultural center into a "One LSU" model with the Baton Rouge campus in the middle and the other campuses functioning as companion institutions.
Interim LSU System President and Baton Rouge Chancellor William Jenkins has said the reorganization would save millions of dollars and move the university forward academically. The entire process could be completed within 18 months, he said.
A search for a new president to oversee a newly designed LSU is expected to wrap up in June.
Southern University System
The Southern University Board of Supervisors, in late October, approved a financial reorganization plan that centralizes information technology, enrollment and financial services under the system office. The move allows the system office to take over some of the "back office" functions that have traditionally been handled at the campus level.
Southern University System President Ronald Mason said he expects the plan to result in cost savings for years to come.
Southern's main campus in Baton Rouge just completed its own reorganization in July after cutting about 30 degree programs and merging nine colleges into five. Chancellor James Llorens said the slimming down better positions the school to concentrate resources on its most successful programs, like engineering and nursing.
In another move to generate revenue, Southern University at Shreveport, a two-year community college known as SUSLA, recently opened a satellite location on Southern's Baton Rouge campus in a strategic move to boost enrollment and tap into Baton Rouge's community college market.
The partnership allows students to cross-enroll, meaning they can take necessary developmental courses through SUSLA simultaneously with college-level coursework offered by the Baton Rouge campus.
University of Louisiana System
Two months after the Legislature left the State Capitol, the UL Board of Supervisors rolled out a plan to boost revenue using the emerging popularity of online degree programs. Starting in May, the UL System will offer a collaborative degree program in organizational leadership for students age 25 and up who have completed 60 hours of college credit.
The organizational leadership degree program allows students interested in disaster relief management to take online classes taught by faculty at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. Students interested in learning how to manage employees in the health and wellness fields would take courses through the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
The idea behind the collaboration is to attract students who completed some college, but didn't finish. Beatrice Baldwin, the UL System's vice president of research and performance, has said the program will put the system "in a very competitive position."
Newly hired UL System President Sandra Woodley will oversee the collaboration across the system's nine universities, which includes the University of New Orleans, McNeese State University in Lake Charles and Louisiana Tech in Ruston.
Woodley is expected to begin her new role this week.
Louisiana Community and Technical College System
Joe May, the head of the Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges System, had some success with the Legislature this year. It was his plan that passed, most notably, to merge South Louisiana Community College with several Acadiana-area Louisiana Technical College campuses.
SLCC, which shares a parking lot with LTC's Lafayette campus, absorbed the institution's Lafayette, Acadian, Charles B. Coreil, Evangeline, Gulf Area, T.H. Harris and Tech Area campuses.
May said the merger will save the system money through the consolidation of human resources and accounting departments.
The merger follows trends in other parts of the country to combine technical college training with traditional academic instruction.
Vickie Choitz, a senior policy analyst with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Law and Social Policy, explains that embedding basic math and reading skills into a technical college curriculum is a critical component to making students more marketable as they look for jobs.
May added that the merger, and another one in the northern part of the state, gives students opportunities to learn a broader range of skills on a campus close to where they live. Students who live within 20 miles of a campus are more likely to pursue postsecondary education, he added.
But enrolling students is only part of the equation. To retain students, LCTCS has partnered with the nonprofit New York-based anti-poverty group Single Stop USA to remove the barriers that often keep low-income students from finishing school.
Single Stop connects students with available benefits and services including health insurance, tax credits, food stamps, plus financial and legal advice.
The idea is to have a "one-stop shop" on campus where students can go for assistance with problems that would otherwise cause them to miss classes or drop out entirely.
The program has been running at Delgado Community College in New Orleans for the past year with plans to branch out to other schools around the state, including Baton Rouge Community College.
May has said the program will go a long way to ease some of the "extraordinary challenges" some people face on their way to earning a degree.


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I received the following press release from the guys over at The Select Series regarding their latest collection of curated tees. Of course, the proceeds will be going to support a very worthy charity, The Patrick O'Brien Foundation. If you're familiar with The Select Series, then you know that this is Threadless' premium brand, as such, they've got a premium price tag as well at $25. They use plastisol ink on all of the tees and the prints range from 3 to 11 colors. By purchasing one of these tees, you can help with the battle against ALS. Read more about the collection below:
The Select Series is proud to announce our second Curated Collection of tees. 100% of the proceeds from this Series will be donated to The Patrick O'Brien Foundation to complete Patrick's film documenting his battle with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease). The tees will be available beginning February 9th at TheSelectSeries.com.
O'Brien, an independent filmmaker and longtime friend of Threadless, created the Patrick O'Brien Foundation in 2006 to raise awareness of ALS and his documentary film about living with the disease. O'Brien has been featured on NPR, ABC, and CBS, and touts a successful commercial career on television and the internet creating unique stories for Spike TV, AOL, IBM, MTV, Microsoft, and Warp Records.
After his diagnosis with ALS in 2005 at the age of 30, O'Brien set out to do something with his illness and create his most honest project to date: to document his own life on 35mm motion picture film and spread awareness about the disease, bringing attention to those living with it in order to take a step towards improved treatment options.
"Patrick is a good friend of mine, and I've been a fan of his work for almost a decade," said Dustin Hostetler, Special Projects Curator for Threadless. "When learning of his illness, and subsequent plans to make a film about it, I racked my brain for ways to help. Now through the Select Series, we can all help Patrick finish his movie."
Through his curated line for the Select Series, O'Brien has chosen the theme of Storytellers, as well as the artists contributing to the collection of limited-edition tees. Participating artists include Aaron Augenblick , Ben Conrad , Timothy Saccenti , and Michael C. Place. 100% percent of the proceeds from the Series will go to The Patrick O'Brien Foundation.
This is the second guest-curated Threadless Select Series, aiming to pay homage to the entire spectrum of art and design – from fine art to street art, CG to sculpture, and typography to architecture. The first series was curated by RISD President John Maeda in 2008.


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Basketwork bolero
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I knitted this bolero up for a little girl of four or five from a 1950s pattern amongst the stash her father gave me for Christmas – since she loves to wear pretty dresses even on cold days, she is one of the few modern children I know who could actually do with one!
As you can see from the pattern cover, the original bolero was in stocking stitch with a cable edge, but I find stocking stitch too boring (also, my knitting isn't regular enough to make it look good!), so I picked one of the recommended 'all over' patterns for children's garments from the "Ringing the Changes" section of my invaluable contemporary Practical Knitting Illustrated and knitted the garment in 'All-over No 6', the basket drop stitch: see the close-up for detail. I'm not entirely convinced that this was a good choice, as the pattern is rather square for such a non-rectangular garment, but it looks quite impressive and wasn't hard to do (I even managed to work this while watching the BBC's late-night 'Mad Men' series repeat – my first-ever attempt at knitting and watching television! I've since progressed to being able to knit and read at the same time, within limits…)
Apologies for the much-loved state of the model here in all his furry glory; the bolero is a little big for him.
Material Notes
About five ounces of lightweight double knitting wool; No 9 (4mm) needles.
- Season
- Spring, Fall
- For
- Children
- Garment Type
- Cardigan
- Style
- Classic, Romantic, Vintage
- Material
- Wool
- Lavenda Hand Knit
Lavenda 475 (reproduction and original copies also available from Retro Kntting Company )
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Apr 30, 2011, 02.36 PMby bre
So cute!!!! I feel inspired to pick my needles up again:)
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A great iPhone 6 concept shows off what Apple may be planning for a 2014 iPhone with a larger screen and these beautiful iPhone 6 concepts bring the rumors to life with a look at how the new iPhone could look when it arrives this fall.
Each week closer to the iPhone 6 release date brings us more iPhone 6 concepts that include the latest rumors and leaks to show how the iPhone 6 might look with the thinner design, larger screen and new button placement.
Most of the concepts in this list are realistic, but there is one iPhone 6 concept with a curved screen that may not arrive this fall, but is too nice to pass up on sharing. The rest of these artist renderings show rumored iPhone 6 features and screen sizes in a realistic setting that shows how Apple could deliver larger iPhone screen sizes without making a phone that owners can still use with one hand.
iPhone 6 rumors are still shaping up, but over the past two months leak schematics and dimensions are conclusive enough that numerous mockups are available showing a 3D version of the iPhone 6 rumors in a crude 3D model or in a sample that a case maker would use to test the fit of cases.
It is possible that these iPhone 6 mockups do not look like the final version of the iPhone 6 that we expect this fall, but it is a nice way to see what could be, and it lines up well with the latest rumors.
- iPhone 6 Screen Sizes – 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch — Higher resolution possibly 1704 x 960.
- iPhone 6 Design – Thinner (6mm to 7mm), more metal on the back, curved sides and new buttons.
- iPhone 6 Specs – A8 processor, 1GB RAM, Touch ID, 8MP camera.
- iPhone 6 Release Date – September is likely, but some rumors suggest August.
- iPhone 6 Price – May increase $50 to $100, expect a premium on a 5.5-inch iPhone 6.
Not all of these rumored iPhone 6 features are present in every concept, but these still offer the best look at the iPhone 6 rumors brought to life.
Curved iPhone 6 Concept
This curved iPhone 6 concept from Martin Hajek is one of the most impressive concepts we've seen in 2014. It seems unlikely that Apple is ready to offer a curved screen on an iPhone, considering the iPhone 6 screen sizes are already rumored to increase, but that doesn't stop us from drooling over this design.
This comes from an iPhone 6 rumor that surfaced on a Japanese Apple blog, but this is one of the only rumors of a curved design so it is possible that this is either wrong, or regarding a prototype that Apple is working with for a future iPhone.
Unlike Samsung's curved smartphone prototype, these curved edges don't show notifications. Instead they simply look nice, which is something Apple is known for.


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ALMS and Grand-Am need to name their new series, and they need some help!
Grand-Am and ALMS open fan contest to help name their combined series
November 20, 2012
Want to have some input as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series—along with help from SME Branding--search for a new name for their combined racing organization in 2014? The two companies on Tuesday announced a "Name the Future" contest whereby fans can enter their ideas and win a trip to either the Rolex 24 at Daytona or the 12 Hours of Sebring.
The contest closes on Dec. 31, 2012, so get over to namethefuture.com and help these guys create a winning moniker.


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Several years of budget battles and a government shutdown last year captured headlines but amounted to fights over the easy stuff. A new projection for the U.S. fiscal outlook over the next decade makes it clear the hard choices are still ahead as the baby boom generation retires.
In a report this week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected a deficit of $514 billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, and an even lower one the following year. But that is quickly reversed, and by the end of the 10-year projection the deficit climbs back over $1 trillion in 2024.
The CBO report projected an economy that is nearly stagnant at 2 percent growth by 2024. Federal spending is hammered by the crush of retiring boomers _ born between 1946 and 1964 _ and both debt and deficits are growing in leaps and bounds. The first wave of boomers hit early retirement age _ 62 _ in 2008. By the end of this decade, they're expected to exit the workforce in droves.
"To me, that's the big story," said Robert Bixby, head of the politically neutral watchdog group Concord Coalition. "Despite all the good news, lower health care costs, caps on discretionary spending, rebounding revenues and a rebounding economy, we can still look at the deficit and say, 'Geez, it's going to be $1 trillion again before we know it!'"
One of the striking numbers offered by CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf at his Tuesday news conference was this fact: A decade from now, discretionary spending, the things Congress can choose to fund or not, will be at its lowest percentage relative to the overall economy since records first were kept. The CBO projects a 20 percent drop in this discretionary spending relative to the size of the economy through 2024.
It means that further belt-tightening here is like wringing water from sand. It won't pay for the retirement demands of boomers on the budget.
"The future has arrived," said Bixby, whose budget watchdog group has long called for serious fiscal reforms. "Everybody keeps talking about the impact of the Baby Boomers on the budget. Well, it's here. It is clearly demonstrated in this report."
The impact of the boomers isn't limited to greater spending on Social Security and Medicare. To be sure, these so-called mandatory spending programs, or entitlements, are why the CBO projects federal spending to grow from 20.5 percent of the overall economy this year to 22.4 percent by 2024. Rising interest payments on the national debt contribute, too.
But thanks to boomers exiting the workforce in greater numbers, revenues are expected to grow at a much slower pace, equal to about 17.5 percent of the overall economy this year and 18.4 percent in 2024. Similarly, the CBO projects economic growth at 3 percent or more for the next three years, but from 2017-2024 it'll average 2.7 percent, slowing each year further out as the effect of the boomers hits.
As boomers exit the workforce progressively over the next two decades, they not only demand more from retirement programs but also stop contributing to the nation's output. And the Internal Revenue Service collects less in tax revenue.
"You really get this double whammy effect," said Gene Steuerle, a senior economist at the centrist Urban Institute, a public policy think tank. "Because this is all concentrated in one generation, the impact is quite large. It compounds year after year, for about 25 years running."
Steuerle worked in the Treasury Department under four presidents, and he describes the boomer generation as the proverbial "pig in the python." As this group of 78 million Americans aged, they strained the public school system, later universities and in their adulthood helped fuel a decades-long booming economy. Now they've figuratively made their way to the back end of the python, where the effects will be varied.
"It's reducing everything. It's reducing (net) personal income, reducing GDP, income tax collections," he said. "It's not just a Social Security issue."
Meanwhile, the debt lurks.
The debt continues to climb. But it will fall as a share of a growing economy from current highs, dipping in 2017 to about 74 percent of the overall economy. While an improvement, it's still more than twice the 34 percent of the total economy in 2007, before the crisis. By the end of 2024, a decade from now, debt as a percentage of the total economy is projected to spike again to 79 percent as the economy slows and the boomers keep exiting the stage.
"Over the next decade, debt held by the public will be significantly greater relative to GDP than any time since just after World War II," the CBO report warned.
America has enjoyed more than a decade of unusually low borrowing costs, from post 9/11 interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve to its near zero rate for the benchmark federal funds rate since December 2008. When lending rates finally go up, warned Maya MacGuineas, head of the budget watchdog Fix the Debt, it means the cost of paying for the bills already accrued will soar. That's because new borrowing is needed to pay for those bills.
"It's predicted to go up at quite a quick clip at the end of the decade," she said. "If there is any emergency that comes up, we can't go into it as we did in the Great Recession. We're really vulnerable to future crises. We're really vulnerable to (interest) rates going up . . . if we don't put this debt on a sustainable path."
And the CBO's grim outlook stops at the end of a 10-year period.
"It all gets worse," MacGuineas warned. "They don't show the second decade, but it gets much, much worse."


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The Cleveland Cavaliers and the National Basketball Academy host a youth league travel basketball league during the winter where kids from third to sixth grade play in a competitive, energetic, and fun environment. Teams from all over northeast Ohio compete in this league and all elements of the league are handled by The National Basketball Academy – all you need to do is assemble your team and come play!
The league hosts minimum 10-game season with a league tournament at the conclusion of league play. Winners receive awards in this single elimination tournament.
All league participants receive:
- A ticket to a Cleveland Cavaliers game
- Cavaliers merchandise
- 10 weeks of league play
- The opportunity to play in a tournament at the end of the season
For the most up to date information on the Cavaliers Travel League, including locations, registration times, pricing, and more please visit tnbabasketball.com and go to the Cavaliers Leagues section. You may also contact the National Basketball Academy at (216) 378-0932.


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Editors' Picks — Poolside Cocktails
Peachy Cooler by Helen's All Night Diner (tested and photographed by Sagegreen)
Once again, we want to give a big thanks to all of our volunteer recipe testers for your thoughtful comments and for helping us continue to strengthen our recipe recommendations. You can read each tester's comments by clicking through to the Editors' Picks recipes — the comments are under "Amanda and Merrill's Notes" at the top. And even if the recipe you tested wasn't chosen as an EP, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!
Congratulations to another great batch of Editors' Picks!
Editors' Picks for Poolside Cocktails
- Lemon, Ginger, Basil Cooler
- Aunt Janet's Spa Mojito
- Peachy Cooler
- Watermelon Fizz
- Cucumber Cooler
- Thai One On
- Salty Poodle
- Lavender Lemon Spritzer
- Watermelon Slush
- Basil Vodka Gimlet
- Rosy Champagne
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Düsseldorf International Airport is located 8km (5 miles) north of Düsseldorf.
Flughafenstraße 120,
40474 Düsseldorf
Dialling Code: +49
Tel: +49 211 42 10
Lufthansa at the airport
Lufthansa Lounges
You can relax, take forty winks or get down to some work before your next flight in the Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner lounges at all major international airports.
To the loungefinder
How to get there
Driving Directions
The A44 autobahn runs east-west past Düsseldorf Airport. Follow the sign 'Flughafen' at junction 31 to reach the airport. The A44 connects to the B1 (which leads south to central Düsseldorf), the A3 (which skirts the east of Düsseldorf) and the A52 (which leads north to Essen).
Regular trains link to various destinations each day from Düsseldorf Airport's railway station, Düsseldorf Flughafen. Deutsche Bahn (tel: 0180 599 6633; www.bahn.de) services include regional, express, intercity and high-speed InterCity Express (ICE) trains that connect the airport to a number of cities in Germany. The journey time from Düsseldorf Flughafen to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) is around 10 minutes and the single fare is €8.
The automated Sky Train links the railway station and the terminal building in around six minutes.
The local S11 S-Bahn metro train runs directly into the airport complex and links to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof in the city centre for €2.50 and the trip takes 30 minutes. Tickets can be bought from the machines on the platform.
The bus station is located in front of Arrivals, from which a good selection of VRR (tel: 0180 350 4034) regional services operate. Bus 760 runs regularly to Ratingen Ost, bus 721 runs to Tannenhof via Düsseldorf central station, and bus SB51 operates to Kaarst-Rathaus via Düsseldorf-Nordfriedhof. Several other regional services call at a separate bus station near the railway station. The fare to the city centre is €2.50.
Taxis leave from in front of Arrivals. Official operators include Taxi-Düsseldorf (tel: (0211) 33333; www.taxi-duesseldorf.com) and Rhein-Taxi (tel: (0211) 212 121; www.rheintaxi.de). All official taxis are cream-coloured. Fares start at around €20 to the city centre.
Car Parking
There are several car parks available with direct access to the terminals. These are mostly short-term car parks (car parks P1, P2, P3, P7 and P8), while the long-term cark parks (P4, P5 and P22) are further away from the terminals – P4 and P5 are connected to the terminal via the Sky Train (journey time: 2 minutes). Additional long-term/economy facilities (car parks P23, P24, P25 and P26) are also a short distance from the terminals.
Other services include valet parking (tel: (0211) 421 6637), car washing and Audi and VW repairs. For further parking information, contact airport parking (tel: (0211) 421 6637).


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Yesterday saw the arrival of Crunch, a brand new event where marketers can get to grips with what type of data they should be collecting and how to apply it successfully.
Held in the iconic Truman's Brewery London, Crunch forms the data and analytics strand of Econsultancy's inaugural Festival of Marketing.
The agenda for this annual conference included speakers from O2, Lastminute.com, Teradata and The Royal Bank of Scotland.
Obviously it's not possible to condense all the different tips and recommendations from the whole day into one blog post, but here's a selection of the most interesting points.
For up to the minute tweets please follow @FestofMarketing and #FoM13.
Two years ago, O2 had no advanced analytics function.
The advanced analytics team is the most admired and the most hated in the company.
Action for Children
The data team created a self-service analytics visualisation tool. The executive team didn't have time to trawl through spreadsheets.
Use demographic data, so the fundraising director can forecast the likelihood of certain people to donate or sign up for direct debits.
Don't just use the vendor's data, you need to make sure your data platforms are compatible with your own database.
How Action for Children further unlocked the power of data analytics.
The customer doesn't want to hear from the brand, they want to hear from other customers.
If you're an integrating data driven marketing leader, you're winning. If not, roll your socks up.
By 2015, a company's digital strategy will ultimately influence 80% of a consumer's discretionary spending.
90% of hiring professionals look up candidates' social network profiles before hiring.
The success of analytics is about how analysis is presented and how analysts and marketers interact.
Lastminute.com's six principles of psychology which affect analytics and decision making.
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Banking industry doesn't trust social media data yet.
Treat the customer's data exactly how you would wish your own to be treated.
Aimia (Nectar)
45% of UK households participate with the Nectar loyalty scheme, more than with Tesco Clubcard.
Data without human understanding is just data. You can't tell stories without human insight.
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Catecholamine Reserve and Exercise Tolerance in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00011791
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 1, 2001
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2017
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This study will examine and compare the effects of intense exercise on the release of catecholamines in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and in healthy persons. Catecholamines are hormones (adrenaline and noradrenaline) that are produced by the adrenal glands and released into the blood stream during stress, such as trauma, illness, intense exercise, or low blood sugar. The study will also assess exercise tolerance in patients with CAH, compared with healthy persons.
Patients with CAH between the ages of 10 and 40 years who are managing well on standard treatment (glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids) may be eligible for this study. Healthy volunteers that match the enrolled patients in age, sex, race and body fat will be recruited as control subjects. All candidates will be screened with a medical history, physical examination and electrocardiogram (EKG). Body fat will be measured using an instrument called a Bod Pod. The body fat measurement has two parts: first, the subject sits quietly in a large egg-shaped capsule for about 2 to 3 minutes; then the subject breathes into a plastic tube for one minute, followed by three quick panting breaths. Women will have a urine pregnancy test; pregnant women cannot participate in the study.
Participants will undergo three exercise sessions on separate consecutive mornings after fasting overnight. Before each test, patients (not healthy volunteers) will take either an additional morning dose of hydrocortisone or a placebo (a lookalike pill with no active ingredient). Before each test a thin catheter (plastic tube) will be placed into an arm vein through a needle. A numbing cream can be applied to make the needle stick hurt less. Blood will be drawn through this intravenous (IV) line before, during and after the exercise tests. The first test is a maximal exercise test to determine the individual's maximum exercise fitness capacity. The second two and third tests are a standardized exercise tests. Before the two standardized tests, patients (not healthy volunteers) will take either an additional morning dose of hydrocortisone or a placebo (a lookalike pill with no active ingredient). All tests are done on a stationary bicycle.
Maximal Exercise Test - The subject pedals on a stationary bicycle for about 10 minutes. After a 3-minute warm-up, the workload is increased continuously until either the subject can no longer continue or the physician stops the test for medical reasons. During the exercise, heart rate and heart activity are monitored with an EKG, and the subject wears a nose clip and mouthpiece connected to a breathing tube to measure oxygen use. Blood is drawn before and during the test, totaling no more than 2 tablespoons.
Standardized Exercise Test - The subject pedals on a stationary bicycle for 20 minutes, while wearing the nose clip and mouthpiece to measure oxygen use. For the first 5 minutes, the subject pedals at a speed that elicits 50 percent of maximal effort (determined by the maximal exercise test); the next 10 minutes are at 70 percent of maximal effort; and the last 5 minutes are at 90 percent. Blood samples drawn before, during (at 15 and 20 minutes) and after exercise (at 30, 40 and 60 minutes) total less than 1/2 cup. Heart rate and heart activity are monitored during the test with an EKG, and temperature is measured before and at the end of the test.
|Condition or disease
|Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Healthy
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) denotes a family of inherited disorders with defects in the cortisol biosynthesis. CAH has been traditionally considered a disease restricted to the adrenal cortex. However, recently observed abnormal adrenomedullary structures in three adrenalectomized patients with classic CAH, as well as low baseline urinary and plasma epinephrine levels in children with CAH suggest that this condition is associated with marked morphological and functional abnormalities of the adrenal medulla.
The adrenal medulla synthesizes and secretes catecholamines, mainly epinephrine. Catecholamines influence virtually all tissues. Yet, the clinical implications of epinephrine deficiency in humans are not clear.
Short-term intense exercise is a natural, quantifiable stimulus of the adrenal cortex and medulla as well as of the sympathetic nervous system. We would like to employ a standard cycle ergometer exercise protocol to study the adrenomedullary and systemic sympathetic function of patients with CAH. This protocol has been run by the Clinical Center Rehabilitation Medicine Department (RMD) for 10 years. No serious adverse effects have been observed or reported in adults and children with a healthy cardiovascular system.
The goal of this protocol is to evaluate adrenomedullary and systemic sympathetic function and exercise tolerance in patients with CAH and in appropriately matched healthy controls using the above standardized cycle ergometer test. Subjects with CAH will exercise with and without doubling their morning dose of hydrocortisone to evaluate whether impairments - if present - can be corrected by a "stress dose" of hydrocortisone. We hypothesize that subjects with CAH have a reduced epinephrine reserve and impaired exercise tolerance, which can at least partially, be corrected by an increase in exogenous hydrocortisone. We will also determine whether the systemic sympathetic nervous system compensates for the adrenomedullary deficiency as observed in states of acquired adrenal insufficiency. The results of this study will increase the understanding of the physiologic interactions between adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|61 participants
|Official Title:
|Catecholamine Reserve and Exercise Tolerance in Subjects With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Healthy Controls
|Study Start Date :
|February 22, 2001
|Study Completion Date :
|May 10, 2011
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|9 Years to 40 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Age: 9-40 years.
CAH patients on conventional therapy (glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids) in good clinical management as defined by the following criteria:
- 17-OH-progesterone level between 100 and 1500 ng/dL;
- Plasma renin activity normal;
- Growth rate within 2 SD for age (children);
- No new signs or symptoms of virilization (clitoral growth, voice deepening) for females.
Healthy volunteers will be matched for age, sex, race and body fat.
Inability to understand or comply with instructions related to the study (as judged by investigator).
Chronic medical conditions other than congenital adrenal hyperplasia except mild conditions (e.g. allergic rhinitis, migraine headaches) will be excluded provided the subjects are not acutely ill and do not require medication for this condition during the study.
Acute medical conditions including intercurrent infection and fever in the preceding 7 days.
Positive pregnancy test.
CAH patients on flutamide.
Tylenol or other acetaminophen-containing medicines (e.g. over-the-counter cold medicines) within 5 days before each test period.
Caffeine, alcohol or strenuous exercise within 24 h before each test period.
Current smokers.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00011791
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00011791 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|March 1, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 2, 2017
|Last Verified:
|May 10, 2011
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Adrenal Medulla
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Healthy Volunteer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
Adrenogenital Syndrome
Adrenocortical Hyperfunction
Pathologic Processes
Disorders of Sex Development
Urogenital Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Steroid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolic Diseases
Adrenal Gland Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Epinephryl borate
Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Bronchodilator Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Respiratory System Agents


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"BGB" for short, this is a phenomenon which occurs generally on Sundays but may happen on a Saturday. It starts with the idea of cooking brunch, but balloons out of control with a mini-party of anywhere between 5-15 people in the kitchen cooking, blasting music and dancing. The actual food itself becomes a distraction as it's more important to be in the dance cage at this point drinking straight from the champagne bottle that was originally meant for classy mimosas. Most people call out of work the next day.
"Hey Chip, you heading over to Big Gay Brunch"? "Oh HELL no. Last week I didn't make it into work until Wednesday"
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Sure, they could have been lying, though I think if that's the case the lie would be unnecessary. Why to tell us there was damage if there was none?
|2012-04-25, 16:41
|Link #28602
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But the final line nearly had me in tears, man. MARVELOUS. XD
|2012-04-25, 17:49
|Link #28603
Senior Member
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Location: In the Meta- World... on Virgillia's bed.
Yo, guys, what's up? If you'll excuse my intervention, I would like to make a final major theory regarding the nature of the game and the rules that define it. I shall do so in summary because the theory is quite long. To give you a heads- up though, it is more than likely redundant for the most part (at least for some of you), however I made it so that the game could be understood since solving it is a much more difficult matter- one that I intend to indulge at a later date. Even though my theory isn't meant for solving the game, I'll use Blue and Red to provide evidence for my points.
First off...
The Gestalt Definiton
Umineko can be defined as a series of possible scenarios of the same murder event of Rokkenjima whose origin can only be seen by solving the various scenarios through the use of logic and mystery- solving techniques. It carries aspects of a murder mystery, kakera, and logic debate, and understanding these aspects is key to solving the game. Naturally, all these aspects are only understood at the Meta level.
The Game (logic debate) aspects take the form of debates regarding the epistemology of the debaters. One proposes an interpretation of the event, the other provides another, and both try to dominate the other's perspective. Their interpretations are given in the form of Blue Truth. Naturally, facts must be given and these facts are shown in the form of Red Truth (which also takes the form of rules). The Gold Truth are personal, undeniable perspectives or guarantees which can only be given if one fully understands the game.
As a Murder Mystery, though not outright, Umineko clarifies that Knox's Decalogue applies (even though the possibility that it doesn't is still considerable). Because of this, the rules of the Decalogue are given in the form of Red Truth, making them law. Van Dine is also hinted at being used, though only one of its rules have been used.
Now, the Kakera perspective of it is shown through the fact that the story is the telling of multiple versions of the same Rokkenjima Incident. As such, the witch Bernkastel hints at multiple other versions, but the ones we see are seemingly the closest to the real event (R- Prime).
So, any differing view on Umineko, regarding these perspectives, is really finalized by the fact that Umineko is mixture of these aspects. However, like any game, you must understand the rules in order to solve it and, as such, Umineko must be solved by understanding these aspects.
The Rules
Naturally, like any game, Umineko has rules to follow. These rules, however, differ from the traditional standard in that they serve two purposes: to create games and aid in solving them. Generally, rules are meant to limit and define what the players can and cannot do. However, Umineko's rules don't do that. Instead, they unify the aspects above in order to allow creation of different possibilities that seem similar to each other (excluding the obvious of course) and, at the same time, aid in figuring out the truth of each possibility to get to the original Incident. As a Kakera, these rules are meant for game creation. As a Mystery, these rules help in finding the culprit. As a Game, these help to form the best kind of argument.
As such, these rules must reflect the Game's truth which is personified in the Culprit of the murders. Thus, the rules reflect the who, how, and why, traditional of murder mysteries. And because she is the form of the Culprit, all these rules reflect Beatrice in some way. Her motive and processes are described in these rules and are, at the same time, the construction of the different games.
Rule X: The Why- Battler's Sin) Ushiromiya Battler has a sin. Because of your sin, people die. Due to your sin, a great many humans on this island die.
Rule Y: The How- The Golden Land/Hidden Gold) From what I can tell from Bernkastel's Letter, the only source of info that we have regarding the rules, the Hidden Gold is what allows Beatrice to do what she is able to do, she's the Golden Witch after all- The gold of the Golden Land belongs to this child. Naturally, she is able to use the gold to influence and persuade people to do what she needs them to do.
Rule Z: The Who) I cannot provide anything definite from the game, except EP6 (specifically the Love Duel and Logic Error) and EP7. Otherwise, I shall refer to Kylon's Final Culprit Theory and the YaShkanontrice Theory for this rule.
Oh, btw, that video was hilarious!
|2012-04-25, 18:54
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Beato's magic could not revive him.
No other magic could exist there. (or was that should...)
|2012-04-26, 06:30
|Link #28607
Detective, Witch, Pirate.
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ruins of the Golden Land
Yep, no magic. It's been implied that Sakutarou was a mass-produced stuffed animal and wasn't actually handmade by Rosa. So, yeah, that wasn't magic at all....or, was it?
|2012-04-26, 07:24
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|2012-04-26, 07:44
|Link #28610
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And does "being eaten by demons and went to hell" mean that someone died by the explosion of the island?
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|2012-04-26, 10:36
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Endless Sorceror
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Wisconsin
I was under the impression that Rosa felt bad and made a new Sakutarou and was going to give it to Maria during the conference, but accidentally forgot it on the boat.
|2012-04-26, 12:29
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Although that might be over-thinking it too much.
Although an imaginary friend does not really account for the sudden shift. Think about it, the story goes like
-Yasu goes to work at Rokukenjima
-talks about Shannon in the third person
-wants to be a witch
-dissapears completely
-Shannon takes the place of Yasu as the centerpiece in the tale
Why is the "imaginary friend" suddenly the main character all of the sudden? Isn't the imaginary character usually the side character?
All Ange really needed to do was remind Maria that Sakutarou is alive regardless of its physical vessel or lack of one. In fact that in the "magic ending" that Ange later writes books about Sakutarou does prove the point that to pass on that magic a physical vessel beyond perhaps a book is not required.
|2012-04-26, 13:18
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
In fact, it fits with the Yukari ending a lot better I think. It makes a lot more sense if Ange moves on from Maria's death by writing about ("resurrecting") Sakutarou, rather than by just finding Sakutarou dolls somewhere.
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|2012-04-26, 14:27
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Indeed that symbolism is important but I do attribute that Maria's inability to keep Sakutarou alive is more attributed to her losing sight of what magic was about. That her hatred of her mother filled her with different kind of anti-good magic toxin.
|2012-04-26, 15:20
|Link #28615
Detective, Witch, Pirate.
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Location: Ruins of the Golden Land
Your point about hatred producing the toxin is an interesting one, though I'd rather believe Maria's magic had some meaning and therefore she did love her mama.
|2012-04-26, 15:26
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From the way the scene is described you would expect the maid to fall on her head. Now, either she keep on holding the baby through the fall and this is what shielded the baby (assuming she just didn't crumble over the baby) or, more likely, she let the baby go in a desperate attempt to grab something and, if the baby was lucky, he/she fell on her, always falling on his head (heaviest part of his/her body and at that age he/she couldn't really turn).
The chance the baby fell on his/her lower half is rather low.
At that age a stab wound caused by a sharp rock serious enough to cause body damage should also produce enough blood loss to kill the baby.
So hum... I've always been sceptical about it.
Though it's possible that the fall damaged Yasu's brain in such a way it couldn't send the hormonal signals that would allow Yasu to enter into puberty. In this way there would be no visible scar but she would still have a body 'uncapable of love'.
Actually it's more complicate than this.
'Shannon' wasn't just an immaginary friend but also a role model, a superego, what Yasu longed to become and who had a look that, more or less, matched Yasu. So Shannon and Yasu were already supposed to fuse into one when Yasu were to become like 'Shannon' and probably, hadn't Yasu discovered she didn't really want to become 'Shannon', things would have gone smoothly, 'Shannon, the imaginary friend' would have been 'suppressed' and Yasu would have become who she wanted to be.
Instead things go differently. Yasu realizes she wishes to be someone else but this time her wish is more troublesome. She rejects living like Shannon but can't escape it so she creates a world inside herself where her true self can be a witch and do as she pleases.
It's not big deal at first as it's more or less an innocent fantasy but then I fear the difference between who she wanted to be and who she was grew as well as her troubles. Even though she's Shannon she doesn't acknowledge herself as such and prefers to view Shannon as someone else for which her body plays as vessel (no, she's not a second personality, more like a role she has to play in front of everyone else to whom she gave a more interesting background, a bit like Maria voicing Sakutaro's thoughts). Even though she feels she's Beatrice she's not acknowledged by anyone else as such (at first) and her look doesn't even match with the Beato in her mind (that's why Beato has troubles with mirrors while Shannon doesn't).
Our confession presents Shannon as devoted to Beato and Beato seems to be the 'master' of Shannon and Kanon, though not even Beato is likely the true Yasu and, in fact, in EP 7, there seems to be an extra person rearranging Beato and Shannon's feelings... the one ChickBeato calls 'mother'.
Yasu is probably a mix of all the characters she created as she assigned to each of them part of her feelings and characteristics.
The most likely combination is a maid with more or less the look and physical abilities of Shannon (breasts put aside), more or less the anger of Kanon and more or less the character of Beato.
Note that Maria created Sakutaro's soul before having his vessel in hands so theoretically she too could have done without it.
So the vessel is necessary only as long as Maria deems it necessary.
However for Maria that vessel was a conditio sine wua non Sakutaro could exist and she saw that vessel being destroyed in a rather traumatic way. She then decided that, with the loss of the vessel Sakutaro was dead, making him dead as long as the vessel wasn't recovered or she were to change her mind.
Maria is also very young though and she likely needed the vessel, differently from Yasu who created some of her friends just taking a vessel as model but not having it 'fuse' with the soul so that vessel and immaginary friend are often two separate things and killing/losing the vessel won't mean losing the imaginary friend, nor the vessel needs to perform as the imaginary friend (Shannon and Kanon being the only exception as they use a human body as vessel and are tied to it).
|2012-04-27, 06:14
|Link #28617
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Join Date: Sep 2010
And while I'm sure the sprites have a moderate alignment with how how Ryu imagines everyone dressing, they can't be -entirely- representative, unless you think they never change clothes, and Natsuhi is sleeping in her layered, corseted evening gown. And the anime has both Shannon and Kanon hatless a bit, though I won't really bring that up as strong evidence, here. XD
EVEN SO, a head injury as you say is not needed the way I'm currently thinking about it. If Yasu has some kind of atypical anatomy, hormone levels, or dysphoria regarding her body, then you don't need an injury to make her feel "incapable of love". If she has some kind of innate non-binary identity in regards to gender, her anger at Genji and Nanjo would have been for saving her life after the fall, AT ALL, because then she had to deal with her problems later in life. She'd rather have just died than have to bother going through a weird puberty, something like that.
It would also give a more reasonable explanation for Lion's defensive stance on the question, AND highlights the wonders that a loving, ABSURDLY wealthy family can do for a kid, especially growing up in the 80's, where a young-Yasu wouldn't have just, say, gone online and found relevant information for what was up with her.
|2012-04-27, 09:47
|Link #28618
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I always found the reds about sakutaro confusing, as the text pretty strongly implies he was mass-produced, but the red seems to deny it. However, if you look at what was actually said in red:
"Made by Rosa for her daughter's birthday, and in the entire world, the only"
You see that it was only when she tried to mention what was made for Maria's birthday that she choked. She could say the rest in red as it was not yet false.
Besides, even at the time of reading that dinner I suspected Rosa was fibbing a little, just like the sussness of them having to swap restaurants.
|2012-04-27, 12:22
|Link #28619
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
|2012-04-27, 14:43
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Yesterday!
I thought Sakutarou had been created (more or less) by CLAMP.
But seriously tho, Sakutarou plushie is one of these things that I think are vastly different between "fictional worlds" and "prime".
You cannot talk in red about prime elements, by default, so who knows if there's really one of that plushie?
In fact it's entirely possible that Rosa bought a plushie for Maria and never claimed it was anything else then that. Considering it an unique plushie hand made by her mother could very well be Maria's way of rewriting her own life.
So if that's right Rosa simply bought a new one. I forgot in which arc that is, but it was implied at one point that Sakutarou's death occurred only a few days/weeks before the Rokkenjima incident.
It could very well be Maria who rejected it too, at that point. Sorta the same thing as Kanon being unable to cheer up Maria while Beatrice can, while the two are anyway the same being. Presenting "here's a new Sakutarou" doesn't work but going "I revived Sakutarou with magic" will work, and Maria will accept it as her's.
Yasu is a man and feels unable to love because of homosexuality. Jessica being interested in Yasu (while he's unable to) + being rejected by Battler brought that sentiment in Yasu.
It also explains pretty well the whole "George will dump you when smex".
Note: Isn't it a given that when Shkanontrice talks about injury, it's the same as when they talk about death? It doesn't refer to an actual physical phenomenon.
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